I’ve got a big scanning job this week, so I’ll keep it short, but I just wanted to pass on the 3 images you find in this post. They’re part of a larger archive of found photographs, collected here in Paris that are actually what I’m in the process of digitizing. And I probably shouldn’t pass this on, but they’re just so cool.
I’m sure you all have seen plenty of mugshots, so this won’t be too revealing… But check out the text on the back of the images (reproduced below each photograph – click for full size images). It’s really fascinating. I especially like the descriptions of tattoos, none of which are visible in the actual photographs, but reveal a world apart from that reproduced by photography. My mind is going wild imagining into being what these tattoos could look like beneath the dark jackets and pin striped suits.
